Manufacturing fault causes a false negative for haematuria using makromed m8l urinalysis test strips: a case report

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-59

  Winstock, G B ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 64549122008     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.49.1.56     Document Type: Article

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